This won't post forms of that sort. In the blog post, they say that they are only doing this for GET forms, which are safe to automate as per the HTTP specification.
I have seen plenty of forms that use get for commanding actions, including making purchases.(for example, I used to work for web company; one of the page designers only ever used get - and then would wonder why my code replied with an error when his get requests exceeded the size limit)
Considering M$'s QDos history (quick dirty operating system). The reality is more likely, that they just spewed out an operating system it the quickest cheapest fashion they could.
Still no excuse. CP/M, which MSDOS was a ripoff of, had multiuser capability and some limited protection of one user from another.
As I recall, the US Tax Payer paid for telephone and cable infrastructures - in particular, the "last mile" - through taxes levied on the services provided. These taxes were authorized by the US Federal Government. Therefore, technically, the government did pay for it.
However, for some reason, the telephone and cable companies were allowed to own said infrastructure.
There is such a thing as being too thin. A couple of laptops I used were so thin they could not be used without a fan pad, else they would over heat. Of course, adding the fan pad really cuts down on the portability.
The Eee PC is really nice because it gives up some of the power which saves heat, so making it thinner is reasonable.
I develop embedded systems software. The team use complex, specialized debugging hardware and software that exceed the resources of the IT people to support. Therefore, the company grants us admin privileges so that we are able to take of installing and maintaining these esoteric tools, including the requisite device drivers.
Now in one company I used to work for, the development team members had 2 PCs - one for office/corporate applications, the other for software development. However, where I work now, each of us has only one PC for both.
Having worked on wireless TPM systems, I can say that operators of vehicle fleets (which include rental companies) want the TPMS sensor to send out an unique ID. This helps them with their record keeping.
Also, even in systems that do use encryption, such as keyless entry systems, the unique ID is sent out unencrypted. (Yes, I have worked on these systems, too)
Digital content over cable TV was done at least 23 years ago, probably longer. 12 years, I was working in a manufacturing plant wired like this. They had standard, off the self cable TV cabling and equipment. The only part not of cable TV origin were the "modems", which worked at either 4 or 8 Mbs depending on whether one or two channels were used (kind of like single vs dual channel ISDN). They called this system MAP - "Manufactruing Automation Protocol". It was a 7 layer stack based on the ISO "Open System Interconnection" family of standards. Friends of mine were working on it back in 1984 through 1988 (I forget when the first real installations were made).
So, the raw image (or high resolution JPEG or other) is watermarked. Seems to me that when the original image is re-encoded for publication that detail will be lost.
Well, my employer, and my clients, call me an "engineer". They also call a lot of other "product developers" "engineers" - be they "software", "electronics", "mechanical" or other. At the same time, they do not treat us much like engineers - not even the ones that are Certified Profesional Engineers. They do not care whether we approve of a design or implementation. They do not ask us if something is possible, let alone reasonably possible. They are unwilling to pay any of us enough to cover the premiums for a malpractice insurance policy large enough to mean anything. (On the other hand, they do recognise that they have taken the responsibility onto themselves.)
Having said that, my response to you is: (FYI, I work in the embedded systems family of industries.)
If I screw up, people could die. I have a lot of legally mandated standards to comply with. We get audited regularly and have to provide proof of design and code reviews, issue analysis and resolution, and many other things.
I would rather not be called an engineer, but my potential clients and employers expect to see that job title in my resume. If it wasn't there, the programs that prescreen resumes would reject me out of hand.
BTW, FYI, at the top of my resume is "Embedded Systems Software Specialist". That's the one thing my employer let me decide. The rest of my resume is written by them.
IANAL. Even if the code is relicensed, as I recall, copies obtained legally remain legal. I am not sure if the copies remain under the license they were obtained under, but I suspect so.
If metered service is the answer, why are the phone companies offering unlimited long distance plans? My phone bill is a fixed $25 per month (plus another $25 in taxes and surcharges) regardless of my long distance usage. Metering adds a cost to them. Bandwidth is cheep.
Also, something I have noticed (and several of my friends): For services provided by my ISP, there seems to be no bandwidth cap - even for the "free" services. (For example, they offer a streaming service of very old TV shows - for no extra cost over my monthly fee.)
Another observation: I'm paying $60 US per month for 4 Mb/sec. In other countries, 20 Mb/sec or more is common, and at the same, or often less, fee per month.
AT&T - they used to be just a phone company, but now they offer things like "Uverse" which deliver TV programming to your home.
Comcast - Long time cable TV company who also offer phone and internet service.
Time-Warner - Again, long time cable TV company.
And others.
As others have pointed out, practically everything on the Internet is under some copyright. The only practical way to "filter" the "legitimate" content from the "illegitimate" is to turn the service into a 1 way pipe. If you want to share content, you would pay your ISP, or other hosting service, to host your content. (There would still be email and IM.)
The RIAA, MPAA et al will be ecstatic - and the big telecom companies - because they will have regained control over distribution.
I've driven past Moffet Field, in California, which NASA uses part of, and seen several airship hangers. The ships I saw were not advertising or such, but appeared to be actual "workhorse" ships, whether for cargo or research, I don't know, but it seems airships have been around and doing useful work with almost no attention, so it is hardly surprising to me that more uses are being considered.
A very interesting use is being worked on by a company called JP Aerospace (http://jpaerospace.com/). Their idea is to build an airship-to-orbit system. Not in one go. It would involve transferring from a ground capable airship to an extreme high altitude airship.
I thought BT was supposed to work by DLing small segments through many connections to different peers, so I would think BT would be able to cope with this. (But then, I don't use any P2P, so I could be wrong.)
As for other long duration connections, so far, I have had no trouble using SSH to access my clients' servers for hours at a time. But then, it is a very low bandwidth usage, so Comcast likely doesn't care.
The AUP included by reference (and a copy enclosed with) in the contract I signed with Comcast states that I am not allowed to host any services with my (residential) internet service. Since P2P is both a client and server, technically, it isn't allowed. I don't use P2P, so I don't care.
Presumably, other customers of Comcast don't use P2P, either.
Therefore, if Mr Cuban is a Comcast customer, it is not P2P traffic that is slowing his internet experience. Perhaps it is all those Good-NonP2P-Customers(TM) downloading directly from his service that are tying up his bandwidth.
Looking at CDF - "Compound Document Format" - appears that it is not so much a document format, but rather a "format aggregator".
I don't see CDF itself replacing ODF, rather, ODF would be one of many formats that could be contained in a CDF file. OOXML very likely could be another such format.
But on the off chance there isn't another Big Bang, I wonder whether we could build a repository that would have any chance of lasting that long? (yes, I know about the disks on the voyager probes, but are they even close to being duarble enough?)
Larger companies tend to get you stuck in a singular or very small set of roles. Small companies tend to give you a wide variety of job duties, albeit with longer hours. For instance, the other day I got to design business cards. Show me a big company where an IT guy gets to design business cards?
An iMac can be setup to require nothing more than then the mouse as an input device. I beleive it is even possible to to configure it to auto-start iChat on power-up.
Many years ago, I met an engineer from a natural gas company that installed data fiber in its network of gas pipelines. He explained to me how they designed a modified pipeline "pig" to string the fiber optic cables.
She should just have learned her lesson and used a proper robots.txt file next time. If you're going to post stuff on the Internet and don't want it to be indexed or archived, you should know what you're doing. If you don't, it's your problem. The lawsuit is frivolous and inane.
Disclaimer: IANAL
robots.txt is a very technical solution to the problem of web crawlers, as such, it is possible the court could find that it is not reasonable to expect the ordinary person to use it. Certainly, she will argue that she made a good faith effort to convey her desire that her website not be crawled.
While we, here at Slash Dot, have at least some understanding of the technical problems, even the best explanation of those technical limitations may not be enough to overcome the popular expectations in the eyes of the court.
Of course, there's still the matter of whether the contract itself is enforceable.
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I have seen plenty of forms that use get for commanding actions, including making purchases.(for example, I used to work for web company; one of the page designers only ever used get - and then would wonder why my code replied with an error when his get requests exceeded the size limit)
Still no excuse. CP/M, which MSDOS was a ripoff of, had multiuser capability and some limited protection of one user from another.
As I recall, the US Tax Payer paid for telephone and cable infrastructures - in particular, the "last mile" - through taxes levied on the services provided. These taxes were authorized by the US Federal Government. Therefore, technically, the government did pay for it.
However, for some reason, the telephone and cable companies were allowed to own said infrastructure.
Someone made a sweet deal - for the companies.
There is such a thing as being too thin. A couple of laptops I used were so thin they could not be used without a fan pad, else they would over heat. Of course, adding the fan pad really cuts down on the portability.
The Eee PC is really nice because it gives up some of the power which saves heat, so making it thinner is reasonable.
I develop embedded systems software. The team use complex, specialized debugging hardware and software that exceed the resources of the IT people to support. Therefore, the company grants us admin privileges so that we are able to take of installing and maintaining these esoteric tools, including the requisite device drivers. Now in one company I used to work for, the development team members had 2 PCs - one for office/corporate applications, the other for software development. However, where I work now, each of us has only one PC for both.
Having worked on wireless TPM systems, I can say that operators of vehicle fleets (which include rental companies) want the TPMS sensor to send out an unique ID. This helps them with their record keeping.
Also, even in systems that do use encryption, such as keyless entry systems, the unique ID is sent out unencrypted. (Yes, I have worked on these systems, too)
Digital content over cable TV was done at least 23 years ago, probably longer. 12 years, I was working in a manufacturing plant wired like this. They had standard, off the self cable TV cabling and equipment. The only part not of cable TV origin were the "modems", which worked at either 4 or 8 Mbs depending on whether one or two channels were used (kind of like single vs dual channel ISDN). They called this system MAP - "Manufactruing Automation Protocol". It was a 7 layer stack based on the ISO "Open System Interconnection" family of standards. Friends of mine were working on it back in 1984 through 1988 (I forget when the first real installations were made).
So, the raw image (or high resolution JPEG or other) is watermarked. Seems to me that when the original image is re-encoded for publication that detail will be lost.
Well, my employer, and my clients, call me an "engineer". They also call a lot of other "product developers" "engineers" - be they "software", "electronics", "mechanical" or other. At the same time, they do not treat us much like engineers - not even the ones that are Certified Profesional Engineers. They do not care whether we approve of a design or implementation. They do not ask us if something is possible, let alone reasonably possible. They are unwilling to pay any of us enough to cover the premiums for a malpractice insurance policy large enough to mean anything. (On the other hand, they do recognise that they have taken the responsibility onto themselves.)
Having said that, my response to you is: (FYI, I work in the embedded systems family of industries.)
If I screw up, people could die. I have a lot of legally mandated standards to comply with. We get audited regularly and have to provide proof of design and code reviews, issue analysis and resolution, and many other things.
I would rather not be called an engineer, but my potential clients and employers expect to see that job title in my resume. If it wasn't there, the programs that prescreen resumes would reject me out of hand.
BTW, FYI, at the top of my resume is "Embedded Systems Software Specialist". That's the one thing my employer let me decide. The rest of my resume is written by them.
Still almost another year of this Republican admin. Plenty of time for M$ to make sure the dealgets approved.
IANAL. Even if the code is relicensed, as I recall, copies obtained legally remain legal. I am not sure if the copies remain under the license they were obtained under, but I suspect so.
But again, IANAL. YMMV. Consult a real IP lawyer.
If metered service is the answer, why are the phone companies offering unlimited long distance plans? My phone bill is a fixed $25 per month (plus another $25 in taxes and surcharges) regardless of my long distance usage. Metering adds a cost to them. Bandwidth is cheep.
Also, something I have noticed (and several of my friends): For services provided by my ISP, there seems to be no bandwidth cap - even for the "free" services. (For example, they offer a streaming service of very old TV shows - for no extra cost over my monthly fee.)
Another observation: I'm paying $60 US per month for 4 Mb/sec. In other countries, 20 Mb/sec or more is common, and at the same, or often less, fee per month.
Yes, you can. Just route anything unreadable to /dev/null
Reading the article, it seems like it will be a nice show, but poses little chance of danger to Earth.
Just another on a growing list. (NEOs, Gamma Ray Bursts, Rouge Black Holes, Giant Hydrogen Clouds, etc.)
It's the new cable TV.
Just look at the major ISPs:
AT&T - they used to be just a phone company, but now they offer things like "Uverse" which deliver TV programming to your home.
Comcast - Long time cable TV company who also offer phone and internet service.
Time-Warner - Again, long time cable TV company.
And others.
As others have pointed out, practically everything on the Internet is under some copyright. The only practical way to "filter" the "legitimate" content from the "illegitimate" is to turn the service into a 1 way pipe. If you want to share content, you would pay your ISP, or other hosting service, to host your content. (There would still be email and IM.)
The RIAA, MPAA et al will be ecstatic - and the big telecom companies - because they will have regained control over distribution.
I've driven past Moffet Field, in California, which NASA uses part of, and seen several airship hangers. The ships I saw were not advertising or such, but appeared to be actual "workhorse" ships, whether for cargo or research, I don't know, but it seems airships have been around and doing useful work with almost no attention, so it is hardly surprising to me that more uses are being considered.
A very interesting use is being worked on by a company called JP Aerospace (http://jpaerospace.com/). Their idea is to build an airship-to-orbit system. Not in one go. It would involve transferring from a ground capable airship to an extreme high altitude airship.
I thought BT was supposed to work by DLing small segments through many connections to different peers, so I would think BT would be able to cope with this. (But then, I don't use any P2P, so I could be wrong.) As for other long duration connections, so far, I have had no trouble using SSH to access my clients' servers for hours at a time. But then, it is a very low bandwidth usage, so Comcast likely doesn't care.
The AUP included by reference (and a copy enclosed with) in the contract I signed with Comcast states that I am not allowed to host any services with my (residential) internet service. Since P2P is both a client and server, technically, it isn't allowed. I don't use P2P, so I don't care.
Presumably, other customers of Comcast don't use P2P, either.
Therefore, if Mr Cuban is a Comcast customer, it is not P2P traffic that is slowing his internet experience. Perhaps it is all those Good-NonP2P-Customers(TM) downloading directly from his service that are tying up his bandwidth.
Looking at CDF - "Compound Document Format" - appears that it is not so much a document format, but rather a "format aggregator".
I don't see CDF itself replacing ODF, rather, ODF would be one of many formats that could be contained in a CDF file. OOXML very likely could be another such format.
But on the off chance there isn't another Big Bang, I wonder whether we could build a repository that would have any chance of lasting that long? (yes, I know about the disks on the voyager probes, but are they even close to being duarble enough?)
Did you get paid to design the business cards?
Congress wants to pass a law that would make spy-ware legal.
(IIRC, it is HR 950 - the "CAN SPY ACT". There was a /. post about it a few weeks back, but too hard to use PDA to search while riding on a bus.)
An iMac can be setup to require nothing more than then the mouse as an input device. I beleive it is even possible to to configure it to auto-start iChat on power-up.
Many years ago, I met an engineer from a natural gas company that installed data fiber in its network of gas pipelines. He explained to me how they designed a modified pipeline "pig" to string the fiber optic cables.
Disclaimer: IANAL
robots.txt is a very technical solution to the problem of web crawlers, as such, it is possible the court could find that it is not reasonable to expect the ordinary person to use it. Certainly, she will argue that she made a good faith effort to convey her desire that her website not be crawled.
While we, here at Slash Dot, have at least some understanding of the technical problems, even the best explanation of those technical limitations may not be enough to overcome the popular expectations in the eyes of the court.
Of course, there's still the matter of whether the contract itself is enforceable.